PLAIN ENGLISH GLOSSARY · INDEX
News jargon, translated.
Every term we map for our Plain English Mode, published as its own page. Technical definition plus the human version. The same toggle our product runs on every news brief.
PUBLISHED TERMS
Currently in the glossary.
More publishing weekly. If there's a term you keep hitting in news coverage and wish someone would translate, tell us.
GEOPOLITICS · MILITARY
FONOPS
Freedom of Navigation Operations. US Navy patrols asserting international waters in contested zones.
FINANCE · CENTRAL BANKING
Dovish pivot
When a central bank shifts from "we'll raise rates" to "we might cut". And what that signals about the economy.
FINANCE · RATES
Basis points (bps)
The unit news uses for rate changes. 25 basis points = 0.25%. Why the jargon exists and how to read it.
GEOPOLITICS · IRAN
IRGC
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Not Iran's regular army. A parallel military with its own foreign policy.
COMING SOON
Next in the pipeline.
Terms we've mapped for the product, publishing as standalone pages over the coming weeks.
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